Destination Tokyo

Director: Delmer Daves Delmer Daves

Overview

"Delmer Daves directs Cary Grant in the World War II drama Destination Tokyo. Warner Bros. releases the film to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are also accessible. Supplemental materials include a short film titled Gem of the Ocean, a selection of trailers for films starring Cary Grant, and the trailer for Destination Tokyo; these features round out this fine release that became available the same day as Grant's comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/01/2004
UPC:	0012569573222
Original Release:	1943
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00
Sales rank:	16,345

Special Features

Closed Caption;Wartime short: "Gem of the Ocean"; Cary Grant trailer gallery; Subtitles: English, Français, and Español

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cary Grant	Capt. Cassidy,Captain at Briefing
John Garfield	Wolf
John Ridgely	Reserve Off. Raymond
Dane Clark	Tin Can,Hornet's Admiral
Warner Anderson	Executive,Officer
William Prince	Pills
Robert Hutton	Tommy
Tom Tully	Mike
Faye Emerson	Mrs. Cassidy
Peter Whitney	Dakota,Commanding Officer
Warren Douglas	English Officer
John Forsythe	Sparks
John Alvin	Sound Man
Bill Kennedy	Torpedo Officer
William Challee	Quartermaster
Whit Bissell	Yo Yo
George Lloyd	Chief of Boat
Maurice Murphy	Toscanini
Pierre Watkin	Admiral
Mark Stevens	Admiral's Aide
Deborah Daves	Debby Cassidy,Michael Cassidy
Jack Mower	Admiral's Aide
Mary Landa	Tin Can's Girl
Carlyle Blackwell	Man on Phone
Lane Chandler	C.P.O.
Joy Barlowe	Wolf's Girl
Bill Hunter	Market St. Commando,Market St. Commando
John Hudson	Radio Man,Crew Member
George Robotham	Crew Member
Dan Borzage	Crew Member,Crewman
Bernie Sell	Crew Member
Paul Parry	Crew Member
Sailor Vincent	Crew Member
Charles Sherlock	Crew Member
Warren Cross	Crew Member
Walter Walker	Crew Member,Actor
Charles Sullivan	Crew Member
Cy Malis	Crew Member
Bob Creasman	Crew Member
John Sylvester	Crew Member
Duke York	Crew Member
Ted Jacques	Crew Member
Harry Bartell	Crew Member
Jay Ward	Crew Member
John Forrest	Crew Member
Alan Wilson	Crew Member
Paul Langton	Barber
Hugh Prosser	Pilot
Frank Tang	Japanese Pilot
Angel Cruz	Japanese Bombardier
Charles P. Thompson	Rear Admiral
Russ Whiteman	1st Class Yeoman
Charles Anthony Hughes	Navy Air Officer
Robert Lowell	Radio Operator
Eddie Lee	Japanese at Listening Post
Wing Foo	Japanese at Listening Post
Ya Sing Sung	Japanese on Beach
Benson Fong	Japanese
James B. Leong	Japanese
Bruce Wong	Japanese Antenna Man
Roland Got	Japanese Officer
Dorothy Schoemer	Saleslady
Herbert Gunn	Lieutenant
Warren Ashe	Major
Lou Marcelle	Narrator,Narrator
Alan Hale Jr.	Cookie
Jimmy Evans	Actor
Alan Hale Sr.	Actor
William Lava	Composer
Franz Waxman	Composer

Technical Credits

Delmer Daves

Albert Maltz

Steve Fisher

Delmer Daves	Director,Screenwriter
Albert Maltz	Screenwriter
Jerry Wald	Producer
Lawrence Butler	Special Effects
Willard Van Enger	Special Effects,Special Effects
Steve Fisher	Screenwriter
Robert B. Lee	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Although modern audiences may find many of the situations in Destination Tokyo rather clichéd, it's still a gripping submarine thriller. Tokyo is also a bit long, but the problem isn't that sections of the film drag; it's that it feels like the creators tried to get too much into the story. This isn't such a problem in the first half, where director Delmer Daves and writers Steve Fisher and Alfred Maltz spend time letting the audience get to know the large cast of characters and learn about life aboard a submarine. (Of course, this being Hollywood, the submarine is glamorized in terms of space, equipment, etc.) It does become a problem in the latter half of the film -- the "meat" of the picture -- when there are too many action sequences one right after the other. There are other glitches as well, such as the fact that some of the characters are a bit clichéd and that some of the timeline is seriously askew (although the latter will probably be recognized only be avid war historians). Many will find fault with the propagandistic aspects of the film, particularly a lengthy "letter home" sequence (which is apparently often deleted from many prints). Fortunately, Tokyo's cast helps to overcome these flaws, especially Cary Grant, who is aces as the man who holds both the submarine and the film together. He gets excellent support from John Garfield, Dane Clark, Alan Hale and Robert Hutton. And even with its faults, Tokyo manages to keep the viewer involved and engaged, even if he already knows the outcome.